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PostPosted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 3:14 pm    Post subject: Unidentified vdo tach: mystery solved - post 61 BMW 700 tach Reply with quote

Picked this tach up at a local antique store purely because it was a vdo tach, but I can't seem to figure out what it's for. I think I deciphered the stamping on the back to mean "2 cylinder 4 stroke". So it must be some sort of motor cycle tach? It's dated 7/63, but I've never seen a motorcycle from that time period with such a huge tach? I was hoping to use it in a bay window but have yet to measure the size. Thanks for any info in advance!
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 11:37 pm    Post subject: Re: Unidentified vdo tach Reply with quote

This doesn't help you but it looks a lot like the Type 3 accessory tach:
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 3:00 am    Post subject: Re: Unidentified vdo tach Reply with quote

BMW 700 after 1961.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 9:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Unidentified vdo tach Reply with quote

Thanks a bunch for the help identifying it Everett and IN2VWS!!
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:31 am    Post subject: Re: Unidentified vdo tach: mystery solved - post 61 BMW 700 tach Reply with quote

Long shot, do you still have this tac ?

I have a bmw 700 and wondered if you still had it if you would sell it ?

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